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I'm hesitant to consider this a valid question so close or downvote if you wish, I promise not to be offended :-)

I've just been watching Herb Sutter's excellent CppCon2018 talk on making C++ more powerful and simpler at the same time. I'd strongly suggest watching this if you haven't already.

Near the end, he references an xkcd cartoon on pointers, where the three pointers given are suspiciously ASCII in nature(a), usually a sure sign that you've somehow got yourself a corrupt pointer.

The three pointers are 0x3a28213a, 0x6339392c and 0x7363682e, which equate to the three character blocks :(!:, c99, and sch. (though endian issues may reverse the order of the characters).

Does anyone know if there's any significance to these pointers?

(a) Yes, I also noticed the ASCII in Homer Simpson's 3d episode sequence, meaning I've been in this game way too long :-)

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    [explainxkcd.com](http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/138:_Pointers) exists for this purpose but it doesn't look like a hidden meaning has been found – kmdreko Oct 15 '18 at 02:09
  • There is some inconclusive discussion [here](http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?t=67496) and [here](http://blog.gg8.se/wordpress/2009/01/04/xkcd-binary-heart-transcriptionthe-sch-mystery/) – M.M Oct 15 '18 at 02:12
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    @kmdreko, that's *awesome!* I had no idea there was a site specifically for explaining the bizarre mind of one Randall Munroe :-) – paxdiablo Oct 15 '18 at 02:15

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